I just got a refurb Nook Tablet 8GB to get myself into the Android world. So far it's been pretty cool. Anyway, I just had some nitty gritty questions I was hoping someone here could answer.
1) The recovery program/partition (like CWM or TWRP or even the stock B&N one), does every Android device have something like this? Does it reside on its own partition or what?
2) For the 8GB of built in eMMC, I noticed there is roughly 4GB for media and 2GB for I'm not sure what, and the other 2GB I assume is for the OS and other files/partitions that the OS depends on. Can someone give me a better idea of the details on how the 8GB is partitioned?
3) Holding down the 'n' button while powering on boots to the recovery program on the eMMC, I think I get that. However, does it also bypass trying to boot from a micoSD card if there is on inserted? I'm having troubles figuring out where exactly I'm booting from
4) This is a more or less general Android question, but what does it mean exactly when you "root" a device? I'm talking down to the filesystem level, does it just give access to a particular partition or something like that?
1) The recovery program/partition (like CWM or TWRP or even the stock B&N one), does every Android device have something like this? Does it reside on its own partition or what?
2) For the 8GB of built in eMMC, I noticed there is roughly 4GB for media and 2GB for I'm not sure what, and the other 2GB I assume is for the OS and other files/partitions that the OS depends on. Can someone give me a better idea of the details on how the 8GB is partitioned?
3) Holding down the 'n' button while powering on boots to the recovery program on the eMMC, I think I get that. However, does it also bypass trying to boot from a micoSD card if there is on inserted? I'm having troubles figuring out where exactly I'm booting from
4) This is a more or less general Android question, but what does it mean exactly when you "root" a device? I'm talking down to the filesystem level, does it just give access to a particular partition or something like that?